Ralph Lauren - Fashion Designer Encyclopedia - clothing, century, women, suits, men, dress, style, new Ralph Lauren - Fashion Designer Encyclopedia Ralph Lauren - Fashion Designer Encyclopedia American designer Born: Ralph Lifschitz, Bronx, New York, 14 October 1939. Education: Studied business science, City College of New York, late 1950s. Military Service: Served in the U.S. Army, 1962-64. Family: Married Ricky Low-Beer, circa 1964; children: Andrew, David, Dylan. Career: Part-time sales assistant, Alexanders Stores, New York, 1956-57; assistant menswear buyer, Allied Stores, New York, 1958-61; salesperson, Bloomingdale's and Brooks Brothers, New Ralph Lauren, fall 2001 collection: cashmere coat over a cashmere dress. © AP/Wide World Photos. York, 1962; traveling salesperson in New England for A.

Rivetz, neckwear manufacturer, Boston, circa 1964-66; designer, Polo Neckwear Division, Beau Brummel, New York, 1967; founder/designer and chairman, Polo Fashions, New York, from 1968; Ralph Lauren Womenswear, from 1971; Polo Leather Goods, from 1979; Polo/Ralph Lauren Luggage, from 1982; Polo Ralph Lauren Corp., from 1986; introduced diffusion line, Chaps, 1972; introduced Ralph, Double RL, and Polo Sport lines, 1993; established Polo/Ralph Lauren stores in Beverly Hills, 1971, Lawrence, MA, 1983, Paris, 1986, flagship store in New York, 1986, Costa Mesa, CA, 1987, East Hampton, NY, 1989; Polo Sport, New York, 1993; launched fragrances Polo and Lauren, 1978, Chaps and Tuxedo, 1979, Safari, 1990, Polo

 Crest, 1991; new line of contemporary casualwear launched by Polo Jeans Co., 1996; offered collection of 400 colors of house paint, 1996; Polo Ralph Lauren became a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: RL), 1997; introduced Polo Sport RLX line, 1998; opened RL restaurant, Chicago, 1999; introduced RALPH line, 1999; acquired Canadian-based Club Monaco, 1999; launched Pink Pony Campaign to help reduce disparities in cancer care, 2000; established Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention and Care at North General Hospital in Harlem, 2000; Ralph Lauren Media opened Polo.com , 2000.

Exhibitions: Retrospective, Denver Art Museum, 1983. Collections: Fashion Institute of Technology, New York.

Awards: Coty American Fashion Critics award, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1984; Neiman Marcus distinguished service award, 1971; American Printed Fabrics Council "Tommy" award, 1977; Council of Fashion Designers of America award, 1981; Coty Hall of Fame award, 1981; Retailer of the Year award, 1986, 1992; Museum of American Folk Art Pioneering Excellence award, 1988; Council of Fashion Designers of America Lifetime Achievement award, 1992; Woolmark award, 1992; CFDA Womenswear Designer of the Year, 1996; Honorary Doctorate of Letters from Brandeis University, 1996; Nina Hyde Center for Breast Cancer Research Humanitarian award presented by Diana, Princess of Wales, 1996; CFDA Menswear Designer of the Year, 1997; CFDA award for humanitarian leadership, 199

8; inducted into the Fashion Walk of Fame, 2000.

Address: 650 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022, USA. Website: . Publications Morris, Bernadine, and Barbara Walz, The Fashion Makers, New York, 1978. Diamondstein, Barbaralee, Fashion: The Inside Story, New York, 1985. Milbank, Caroline Rennolds, Couture: The Great Designers, New York, 1985. Perschetz, Lois, ed., W, The Designing Life, New York, 1987. Coleridge, Nicholas, The Fashion Conspiracy, London, 1988. Trachtenberg, Jeffrey, Ralph Lauren: The man Behind the Mystique, Boston, 1988. Milbank, Caroline Rennolds, New York Fashion: The Evolution of American Style, New York, 1989. Canaedo, Anne, Ralph Lauren: Master of Fashion, Ada, Oklahoma, 1992. Stegemeyer, Anne, Who's Who in Fashion, Third Edition, New York, 1996.

Ralph Lauren, fall 2001 collection: cashmere blend coat over a cashmere turtleneck and leather skirt. © AP/Wide World Photos. Le Dortz, Laurent, and Muriel Lartigue, Profil et dynamique du groupe Polo Ralph Lauren, Paris, 1999. Le Dortz, Laurent, and Béatrice Debosscher, Stratégies des leaders américains de la mode: Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Liz Clairborne, Polo Ralph Lauren, et Tommy Hilfiger, Paris, 2000. Articles Wohlfert, Lee, "What Do Woody, Bob, and Diane Have in Common? Money, Yes, But Designer Ralph Lauren Too," in People, 6 February 1978. Ling, F., "Ralph Lauren's Polo Game," in Forbes, 26 June 1978. "Profile of a Designer: Ralph Lauren," in the Sunday Times (London), 13 September 1981. Langway, L., and L. R. Prout, "Lauren's Frontier Chic," in Newsweek, 21 September 1981.

Ettorre, Barbara, "Give Ralph Lauren All the Jets He Wants," in Forbes, 28 February 1983. "Beyond the Name Game: New Design World from Halston and Ralph Lauren," in Vogue, September 1983. Feretti, Fred, "The Business of Being Ralph Lauren," in the New York Times Magazine, 18 September 1983. Trachtenberg, Jeffrey A., "You Are What You Wear," in Forbes, 21April 1986. Cocks, Jay, "Born and Worn in the U.S.A.," in Time, 16 June 1986. Infantino, Vivian, "Interview: Ralph Lauren," in Footwear News (New York), July 1986. Koepp, Stephen, "Selling a Dream of Elegance and the Good Life," in Time, 1 September 1986. Skenazy, Lenore, "Lauren Gets Honorable Mansion," in Advertising Age, 20 October 1986.

Tornabene, Lyn, "The World According to Ralph Lauren," in Cosmopolitan, February 1987. Brubach, Holly, "Ralph Lauren's Achievement," in Atlantic Monthly, August 1987. "Ralph Lauren: The Dream Maker," in U.S. News & World Report, 8February 1988. Aronson, Steven M. L., "High Style in Jamaica," in House & Garden, October 1988. Dowling, Claudia Glenn, "Ralph Lauren," in Life, May 1989. "A Big Time Safari for Ralph Lauren," in WWD, 27 October 1989. Mower, Sarah, "The Unspeakable Chic of Summer," in the Independent (London), 19 April 1990. Hume, Marion, "In the Swing," in the Sunday Times (London), 29April 1990. Parola, Robert, "Polo/Ralph Lauren," in DNR, 17 October 1990.

——, "Polo/Ralph Lauren: At the Crossroads," in DNR, 29 October 1990. Buck, Joan Juliet, "Everybody's All-American," in Vogue (New York), February 1991. Spevack, Rachel, "Polo and Izod: Adding New Luster to Knit Logos," in DNR, 12 March 1991. Born, Pete, "Polo Crest Takes Fashion Approach to Fragrance," in DNR, 26 July 1991. Forbes, Malcolm S., Jr., "Dressing Us with His Dreams," in Forbes, 2September 1991. Slonim, Jeffrey, "Ralph Lauren: October 14," in Interview (New York), October 1991. Talley, Andre Leon, "Everybody's All-American," in Vogue, February 1992. Born, Pete, "New Men's Lauren Fragrance to Debut," in DNR, 6March 1992. Siroto, Janet, "Ralph Lauren—Looking Back," in Mademoiselle, May 1992.

Moin, David, "Ralph Lauren is Back at Saks in a Big Way," in WWD, 14 October 1992. Donaton, Scott, and Pat Sloan, "Ralph Lauren Sets Magazine Test," in Advertising Age, 2 November 1992. Gross, Michael, "The American Dream," in New York, 21 December 1992. Goldman, Kevin, "More Made-in-the-USA Claims, Surprisingly, are Showing Up," in Wall Street Journal, 15 January 1993. Gross, Michael, "Ralph's World," in New York, 20 September 1993. Mower, Sarah, "Ralph Lauren's New World of Sport," in Harper's Bazaar, October 1993. Rutberg, Sidney, "Goldman, Sachs Buys into Ralph," in WWD, 24August 1994. Gill, Brendan, "Lauren's Home Movies," in the New Yorker, 7November 1994.

Schiro, Anne-Marie, "Ralph Lauren Does What He Does Best," in the New York Times, 6 April 1995. Menkes, Suzy, "Lauren: An Oscar for Polish," in the International Herald Tribune, 9 April 1995. "Einer fur alle: Ralph Lauren, der Lifestyle-Spezialist," in Vogue Manner (Munich), April 1995. Malone, Maggie, and John Leland, "Of Walls and Wanting," in Newsweek, 8 January 1996. Goldstein, Lauren, "Ralph Lauren, Prince Charles, and You!" in Fortune, 9 November 1998. "Polo Ralph Lauren Gets License Agreement with Danskin," in United Press International, 2 February 1999. Keith, Andrew, and Elaine Marshall, "Ralph's Rough Ride," in Time, 15 March 1999. "Food is Fashion," in Restaurants & Institutions, 15 April 1999.

Furman, Phyllis, "Ralph Lauren Teams with NBC for E-Commerce Company," in the Daily News, 7 February 2000. Baker, John F., "A Fashion Statement," in Publishers Weekly, 27March 2000. Weldon, Kristi, "Polo Sprints into the 21st Century," in Apparel Industry Magazine, June 2000. Rubenstein, Hal, "The Look of Ralph Lauren," in In Style, 1 September 2000. Geller, Adam, "Luxury Retailer Closing Polo Stores," in AP Online, 5October 2000. "Style Guides," in Forbes, 9 October 2000. "Lauren Creates the Polo Line, October 18, 1969," in DISCovering U.S. History, available online at galenet.gale.com , 17 October 2000. "Ralph Lauren," in DISCovering U.S. History, online at galenet.gale.com , 17 October 2000.

Deeny, Godfrey, "Ralph's Riders," in Fashion Wire Daily, online at fashionwindows.com , 14 February 2001. Horyn, Cathy, "For Kors and Lauren, A Fondness for the Paddock," in the New York Times, 15 February 2001. Limnander, Armand, "Fall 2001 Ready-to-Wear," online at Style.com , 17 February 2001. Davis, Boyd, "Ralph Lauren," online at fashionwindows.com , 2 June 2001. Redstone, Susan, "Menwear Spring 2001," in online at fashionwindows.com , 2 June 2001. *** Style, as opposed to fashion, is the major imperative underlying Ralph Lauren's work. Initially a designer of the high-quality ties that started the Polo label, Lauren soon directed his talents to menswear. Inspired by such notable dressers as the Duke of Windsor, Cary Grant, and Fred Astaire, he began to produce classic lines derivative of the elegant man about town or the country squire of a bygone age. A love of the fashions of the F.

Scott Fitzgerald era led him to introduce wide neckties and bold shirt patterns. In 1974 Lauren achieved world acclaim as the designer of the men's fashions in the film version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby. When he turned to womenswear, Lauren applied the same qualities of timeless elegance to his designs. By using uniformly high-quality tweeds, tailoring down men's trousers and jackets, and producing shirts in finer cottons, Lauren created clothes for the active woman of the 1970s, as epitomized in the Annie Hall look. These classic, tailored garments have changed little since they were first introduced but continue to epitomize long-lasting quality and style. Another side of Lauren is seen in his Roughwear clothing. Directly inspired by the tradition of America's past, Roughwear takes the form of long tweed or plain skirts combined with colorful, hand-knitted, Fair Isle or sampler sweaters, tartan scarves, trilby hats, and lumber-jack's wind cheaters and brushed cotton shirts. The origins are easy to trace, but the result is an updated, truly American style.

Romantic touches of Edwardian and Victorian times occur in lace-trimmed jabots and large collars delicately held together with aging cameo brooches. Shades of the classic English riding costume appear in his tailored tweed jackets. Lauren's contribution to fashion can perhaps best be summed up on the names that he gave to his cosmetics introduced in 1981: Day, Night, and Active. In the 1990s, Lauren continued to tune into contemporary life. The Double RL label featured new, high-quality clothes that looked old as a response to the craze for the vintage and second-hand. For increasingly fitness-conscious women, he produced informal clothes with a strong fashion input. To appeal to the youthful interests of younger customers, Polo Jeans launched a line of contemporary casualwear in 1996. Two years later, Lauren's trademark aesthetic sensibility and superior craftsmanship was applied to the Polo Sport RLX line of high-performance athletic apparel. As the new millennium approached, the Ralph Lauren Company began moving from Ivy League to pop culture by acquiring Canadian-based Club Monaco, marketing contemporary apparel, home furnishings, accessories, and cosmetics for the hip, urban crowd.

In 2000, Ralph Lauren Media launched the Polo.com website, offering "comprehensive online access to the Ralph Lauren American lifestyle with clothing, accessories, fragrances, vintage items, travel, style tips, multimedia information and entertainment, world-class customer service and more." With son David Lauren as creative director, Polo.com aimed to "spread the upper-crust Ralph Lauren image to a new generation of shoppers," wrote Phyllis Furman in a February 2000 article in the Daily News. Still, Lauren's womenswear for fall 2001 came full circle, offering the classic styling of equestrian looks from the country estate such as hacking jackets, taupe and ebony pants with suede knee patches, sleek crocodile belts with thoroughbred buckles, and riding boots with oilcloth spats. For the menswear spring 2001 collection, the timeless Polo line was updated with slim polo shirts and lime green, Nantucket red, and hot orange fuchsia-front trousers. The more dressed up Purple Line offered suits with sculpted waists and soft natural shoulders, paired with striped ties, creating the classic Lauren look.

Lauren's skill and experience has enabled him to design for women and men, their children, and their homes. As a native New Yorker, Lauren has promoted a truly American casual style in his prairie look while developing classic, uncluttered lines that have brought him international fame. Along with colleagues Bill Blass, Geoffrey Beene, and six other designers, Lauren earned a white bronze and granite marker along the Fashion Walk of Fame in New York City. This worldwide notoriety will also be the subject of a new biography of Lauren, the story, according to a March 2000 article in Publishers Weekly, of "a poor Russian Jewish immigrant boy who began in Seventh Avenue fashion house stock rooms and became a billionaire." For Ralph Lauren, fashion is something that lasts for more than one season. It is this timelessness, abetted by inspirations deep in the soil of America's past, that distinguishes his work and won him a Lifetime Achievement award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America in 1992. —Hazel Clark; Vintage Fashion Guild : Label Resource : Lauren, Ralph Vintage Fashion Guild | by admin | Label Resource | Labels Ralph Lauren (b.

1939) was born Ralph Lifschitz in the Bronx, New York. It has been reported that his father, Frank, an immigrant Russian house painter, encouraged Ralph to formally change his name to Lauren to inspire his son to recreate himself in the image of a mythic upper class. He worked as a glove salesman for Brooks Brothers and later Rivetz, a Boston tie maker, while going to night school for business studies at City College. In 1967 he landed a job as a tie designer for Beau Brummel of New York. The company gave him his own style division, which he named Polo because of the sport’s refined image. The following year saw the launch of the Polo label in shirts and suits. In 1971 Lauren adopted his polo-player-on-horseback logo for a line of clothing for women and he added shoes to the lineup in 1972. That same year the first Polo store opened on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills and the first in-store boutique opened at Bloomingdale’s in New York. Lauren’s profile rose in the early 1970s when he won three Coty Awards for design and made costumes for the movies The Great Gatsby and Annie Hall.

Lauren led the designer pack into home furnishings, introducing his Home Collection in 1983 and a line of paints in 1996. He opened his flagship store in New York in 1986. The company expanded upmarket with its Purple Label in 1994, and downmarket with Polo Jeans in 1996. Polo went public in 1997 and re-organized the following year, closing nine stores and cutting 4% of its workforce. In 1999 Polo bought hip Canadian retailer Club Monaco to compete in the burgeoning youth market. In 2000 Polo purchased its European licensee to give the company greater control over its brand. Timeline: 1967 – Polo established with ties and menswear 1971 – Women’s shirts; Polo Player emblem first used on shirt cuffs 1972 – The knit Polo shirt appeared 1974 – Designed men’s costumes for The Great Gatsby 1977 – Designed costumes for Annie Hall 1978 – the Prairie look 1979 – Polo Western 1981 – Santa Fe collection mid 80s – Polo Hong Kong factory opened.

All Polo was made in the USA and Canada until then. 1991 – Lauren began licensing, Polo Player dropped from women’s wear label 1993 – Polo Sport 1994 – Purple Label for Men 1996 – Polo Jeans Co. Written by Lizzie Bramlett, fuzzylizzie.com, Kickshawproductions from a 1970s jacket Ralph Lauren - Fashion Designer | Designers | The FMD Ralph Lauren A word from the EIC Partnerships / Cooperations Become a fashion editor on FMD Content / Usage Questions Why am I listed on FMD? How can I submit content? Credifair (credit for your work) DMCA + Content MGMT the pure fashion news agency January 19th Are Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik engaged? Ralph Lauren and Karl Lagerfeld to dress Melania Trump? ASAP Rocky and Boy George Star in Dior Homme's New Campaign Irina Shayk Lands Two Vogue Brazil Covers About the designers Ralph Lauren was born as Ralph Lipschitz on October 14, 1939.

His Jewish parents, Frank and Frida, who originated from Russia had the opportunity to give him a middle-class, but not too glamorous life. Ralph also had three older brothers. With two of them he actually had to share a bedroom. Ralph Lauren wanted to be different, so at very young age he started working after-schools. He would then use the earned money to buy himself stylish, expensive suits. This soon gave him a trendy reputation in his surroundings. He attended DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx and night classes at the City College of New York, where he took business courses. He also worked part time at Alexander as a stock boy and salesman. He then served 6 months in the Army. Although Ralph Lauren's future was deemed to be in the clothing and fashion industry, Ralph Lauren decided not to attend any fashion school. Instead he went to the City College in Manhattan where he studied Business. However after two years Ralph Lauren dropped out because college couldn't live up to his expectations. In 1964 he joined Brooks Brothers, the establishment outfitters in New York. This same year, he also met and married his wife Ricky, who was from Vienna and studying at college.

They now have 2 sons Andrew and David and a daughter Dylan. Dylan has an Upper East side Candy Store, Andrew is a Film producer and David works for Polo, expanding and refining the company's internet presence. In 1967 he joined Beau Brummell Neckwear, where he created wide, hand-made, expensive neckties. He tried to sell these to Bloomingdales, but they wanted him to take his name tag off and make the ties narrower, which of course he refused. Within a few months, when his ties were selling briskly in competitive stores, they agreed to carry his ties exactly as he had designed them. His brand name was POLO. In 1968, with a 50,000 $ loan and his tie designs, Ralph Lauren started his company "Polo Fashions". Characteristic for Ralph Lauren's ties were the Italian colours and designs and the very wide structure of the tie. His tie business was an immediate and immense success. After this Ralph Lauren started focusing on menswear. In 1871 he opened his first own store. Like his tie business, his menswear collection was an immediate success with the preppy, fashionable young Ivy League men.

Only a year later, in 1972, Ralph Lauren also designed his first collection for women. Ralph Lauren's casual, elegant clothes had become a marketing hit. He opened his first store on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. He produced a collection of tailored womens shirts. In 1972 he launched a complete range of garments for women, made of cashmere, cotton and tweed. His clothes projected a purely American style of casual chic. He dressed women in literal versions of menswear, pleated trousers, wing collars, pleated shirt fronts, and tweed hacking jackets. All of his collections have themes, in 1978 Ralph Lauren introduced the casual/sophisticated "prairie look", denim skirts worn over layers of white cotton petticoats, fringed buckskin jackets and full sleeved soft blouses. In 1980 he showed hooded capes, linen ruffled blouses, madras cotton shirts and full skirts as part of the "American frontier" look. In 1983 he went where no designer had gone before. He started his home collection of sheets, towels, flatware and furniture. He created products that revolved around themes.

Ralph Lauren success has been due to his ability to sell a thoroughbred image to the public. With Ralph Lauren, you are not buying a product, you are buying into a lifestyle and you become part of a larger traditional world. Ralph is very socially conscious. He worries about the world's problems. In 1989 Ralph Lauren founded the Nina Hyde Centre for Breast Cancer in Washington, USA and since then has helped raise millions of dollars to fight this disease through various initiatives. He himself had a brain tumour in 1988 which was successfully removed, so he understands the pain and fear of cancer. In 1992 Ralph Lauren outfitted the American team for America's Cup yacht race. In 1993 Polo Sport store was opened across from the flagship store on Madison Avenue, New York and in 1995 Ralph Lauren introduced several new lines such as Purple Label tailored mens suiting, Ralph Lauren paint collection, infants and toddlers wear, and the Polo Jeans Company. For two years 1995 and 1996 he received the CFDA award, one for Mens wear designer of the year and the second for Womens wear.

In the year 2000, the city of New York decided to honour American fashion designers by placing bronze plaques along 7th Avenue, the great street of fashion in New York. This has been called the "FASHION WALK OF FAME." Ralph Lauren was one of those honoured. the label By 1997 when he was selling more than $ 5 billion per year, with 155 shops around the world, employing more than 3,000 people Ralph Lauren went public with his company on the New York stock exchange. His estimated net worth is around $ l billion. The Ralph Lauren Company is in private hands. The company consists of more than 350 contract manufacturers worldwide and owns around 400 retail and outlet RL stores worldwide. The Look His designs blend romance, innovation and tradition with inspirations that travel across time and culture: African safaris, English aristocracy, Parisian cafï¿½ life, Old Hollywood, the Western frontier, Russian revolutionaries, Native American cultures, Eastern prep schools and competitive sports. Ralph Lauren's vision of American style prevails with classic grace and utmost attention to detail.

His success lies in his ability to sell a thorough bred image to the masses. Who Wears It Tyson Beckford, Toby McGuire, Kate Bosworth Perfumes Fashion designers | Ralph Lauren - Biography Fashion designers Ralph Lauren - Biography Ralph Lauren (born Ralph Lifschitz on October 14, 1939) is an American fashion designer and business executive. "The first image-maker", according to New York magazine, Lauren is one of the fashion industry's biggest hitters. But Lauren studied business science and served his time in the army before breaking into fashion. Lauren's empire was founded in 1967, after he opened his first ever tie shop, with no formal design training. Next came menswear and, in 1971, Lauren introduced his women's label. The chic, preppy look of his designer collections is now complemented by the whole gamut of sportswear, casualwear and home furnishings. Lauren's fashion empire, which floated on the US stockmarket in 1997, now includes such brands as Polo Ralph Lauren, Polo Sport and the Ralph Lauren Collection.

In 1999, the silver-haired designer broke into the "entertainment" business, too, with a walk-on part on TV sitcom Friends. He followed this up, at the beginning of the new millennium, by signing a landmark 30-year deal with NBC and two NBC affiliates to sell his designer "lifestyle" on the Internet, on TV and in print. "We dont only sell clothes," he said at the time, "we are selling a dream and a vision." Lauren is married to Ricky and home is Bedford, Connecticut. Ralph and his wife, Ricky, have two sons and a daughter: Andrew, David, and Dylan. David is an executive at Polo Ralph Lauren. Dylan owns and operates an upscale candy store, Dylan's Candy Bar, at 59th Street and Third Avenue in Manhattan. Ricky appeared on the television show Martha on December 6th, 2006 and stated that her son Andrew is in the "movie business". Lauren is the subject of several biographies (written by Jeffrey Trachtenberg, Michael Gross and Colin MacDowell). Lauren is also well-known as a collector of classic automobiles.

His cars have won best in show at the prestigious Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance multiple times. His collection was recently displayed at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. By 2007 Ralph Lauren had boutiques in New York, Beverly Hills, Chicago, Boston, East Hampton, NY, Manhasset, Short Hills, NJ, San Francisco, Bal Harbour, and Honolulu. Ralph Lauren biography | British Vogue By Vogue Tuesday 22 April 2008 Fashion designer, philanthropist, and founder of one of America's proudest exports, Ralph Lauren is one of the most famous figures in the world. As well as staying heavily involved with his eponymous fashion house - which also comprises Ralph Lauren Home, Polo Ralph Lauren and Polo Sport - together with his wife Ricky, he has founded various charitable initiatives, including The Pink Pony Campaign that raises money to fight cancer worldwide. Born Ralph Rueben Lifshitz in the southern New York City borough of The Bronx in 1939, Lauren changed his surname when he was a teenager. He studied business science and served time in the army before breaking into fashion.

His empire was founded in 1967, after he opened his first ever tie shop, with no formal design training. Next came menswear and, in 1971, he introduced his Ralph Lauren womenswear label. The brand floated on the US stockmarket in 1997. In 2000 Lauren signed a landmark 30-year deal with NBC and two NBC affiliates to sell his designer "lifestyle" on the internet, on TV and in print. The chic, preppy look of his designer collections is now complemented by sportswear, casual wear and home furnishings. "We don't only sell clothes," he has said, "we are selling a dream and a vision." In 2010, he was made Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur by French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Four years later in 2014, he collaborated with The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust to help fund a new, state-of-the-art breast cancer research facility.

Lauren is married to Ricky and they have three children: Andrew, a film producer and actor; David, senior vice president at Ralph Lauren (also married to the former president of the US, George W Bush's daughter Lauren); and Dylan, who runs Dylan's Candy Bar in New York. Ralph Lauren » Land Of Ancestors - Belarus 5 Ralph Lauren (born Ralph Lifschitz, October 14, 1939) is an American fashion designer and business executive, best known for his Polo Ralph Lauren clothing brand. Ralph Lauren was born Ralph Lifschitz in the Bronx, New York, to Jewish immigrants from Belarus: Fraydl Kotlar (from Grodno) and Frank Lifschitz (from Pinsk). The designerпїЅs ancestors came to America in 1920. The LorenпїЅs grandfather Shlomo Lifschitz left Pinsk with his daughter Maria and son, Frank, the future father of Ralph. In New York, Frank met Fraydl Kotlar, the mother of Loren. When Ralph Lauren was 16, his brother Terry changed their last names together into Lauren.

Contrary to peopleпїЅs thought, this was done not because the original name sounded too пїЅJewishпїЅ, but because it contained unfortunate word in English which made Ralph became a bully victim at school. LaurenпїЅs first job was serving the United States Army from 1962 to 1964. Three years later, he started his lessons in fashion not in school, but in Brooks Brothers as a salesman. Then he started to make his own tie design and sell it under label пїЅPoloпїЅ. This label is today his, as many of us have known. In 1967, Ralph Lauren founded the company Polo Ralph Lauren and in 1968 released his first collection of men's clothing pret-a-porter. The casual style of the designer, which absorbed the culture of the American West, made Ralph Lauren famous very quickly. Since 1971, Lauren began to produce women's clothing line. Besides clothes, Ralph Lauren released under his own name brand furnishings, accessories, perfumes, pet products. Beside his fashion designs, Ralph is famous for his car collections. He is the owner of over 70 prestigious cars.

His winnings in Pebble Beach Concours dпїЅElegance are also highlights in Ralph Lauren biography. In 2010, Ralph Lauren was decorated Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, in Paris. In March 2012, the American magazine Forbes estimated LorenпїЅs fortune 7.5 billion and included him in rating of the richest men in the world at number 122. Share: Joseph Abboud - Fashion Designer | Designers | The FMD Joseph Abboud A word from the EIC Partnerships / Cooperations Become a fashion editor on FMD Content / Usage Questions Why am I listed on FMD? How can I submit content? Credifair (credit for your work) DMCA + Content MGMT the pure fashion news agency January 19th Are Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik engaged? Ralph Lauren and Karl Lagerfeld to dress Melania Trump? ASAP Rocky and Boy George Star in Dior Homme's New Campaign Irina Shayk Lands Two Vogue Brazil Covers the designers Joseph Abboud was born in 1950.

He began his career as a buyer and in 1981 joined Ralph Lauren, later to become associate director of menswear design. In 1986 Abboud launched his own label and introduced his first menswear collection in 1987. He won the Cutty Stark Award for most Promising Menswear Designer in 1988 and was the first designer to win the Council of Fashion Desingers of America (CFDA) award as Best Menswear Designer two years in a row in 1989 and 1990. He sold the company in spring 2005 and left to pursue other interests after creative differences with Chief Executive Marty Staff, a larger-than-life apparel executive who previously worked for Hugo Boss. The tow met while working together at Polo Ralph Lauren. Today he lives in Westchester, New York, together with his wife and two daughters. The Look Joseph Abboud makes clothes for men and women which are an unusual combination of American sportswear and North African colours (organic colors) and textures. In the 1960s Abboud collected Turkish kilims and these have inspired his natural palette and the stylized symbols that recur in his work.

Who Wears It Pro sports players who like to look sharp, like Johnny Damon, Stefan Marbury and New York Giantsi?1 Jeremy Shockey. Perfumes Ralph Lauren - Biography - IMDb Ralph Lauren Jump to: Overview (2) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (1) | Trivia (8) | Personal Quotes (2) Overview (2) Ralph Lifshitz Mini Bio (1) Ralph Lauren was born on October 14, 1939 in New York City, New York, USA as Ralph Lifshitz. He is known for his work on Annie Hall (1977), Manhattan (1979) and America's Next Top Model (2003). He has been married to Ricky Lauren since December 20, 1964. They have three children. Spouse (1) ( 20 December 1964 - present) (3 children) Trivia (8) Uncle of actor Greg Lauren and Elizabeth Berkley . His children are: sons, Andrew Lauren , born in 1969, and David Lauren , born in October 1971, and daughter, Dylan Lauren , born in May 1974.

Born to Frank Lifshitz, an Ashkenanzi Jewish house painter, and his wife Fraydl Kotlar, he grow up in The Bronx. At the age of 16, his brother Jerry changed their name into "Lauren", while his other brother Lenny remained a "Lifshitz" for many years. His surname is pronounced "like a girl's first name", according to his niece, Jennifer Lauren . Created his own fashion label "Polo Ralph Lauren" in 1967, which became a public company in the middle of the 1990s. Collects classic automobiles.

Question: Which fashion designer born in New York introduced the "Polo" label in 1967?
Answer: RALPH LAUREN